Ipod 5th gen taking long to restore from backup on itunes

I recently got an ipod 5th gen. I backed up my ipod 4th gen to my computer on itunes so i could use that backup on my ipod 5. when i did this it did not download my music or some of my apps. i put my ipod 5 in recovery mode so i can start the back up all over again but it is taking forever for it to restore from backup!! the time remaining says 7 hours then it changes to 8 or even 11 hours. does anyone have any idea what the problem is and what i can do to fix it?

Terminate the process.
Reboot the computer
Try again. you may have to place the iOS device in Recovery Mode to allow the restore

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